Patient Safety
What is a Sentinel Event?
ASHMS
What is the Army Health Management System?
This is the correct number from a landline to activate EMS on Fort Irwin.
What is 911?
MAJ Do
Who is the Fort Irwin DCC Infection Control Officer?
What is 48 hours?
Short sessions prior to start of the day to share the plan, discuss team formation, assign roles and responsibilities, establish expectations and climate, anticipate outcomes and contingencies.
What is a Brief?
Management
Involvement, Worksite Analysis, Hazard Prevention and Control, Safety and
Health Training
What are
the 4 elements of ASHMS?
This is the medical condition described as "chest pain" or "chest tightness" caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the heart musculature.
What is angina?
The ECP must be in writing, accessible, and updated at least annually.
What is the Exposure Control Plan?
Upon the discovery or determination of a Sentinel Event, this is the amount of time you have to submit a self-reported Event document via fax or electronically to TJC.
What is five calendar days?
The primary objective of this TeamSTEPPS tool is to provide a standardized form of communication between caregivers in providing accurate, clear and complete information during transition of patient care.
What is Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (SBAR)
A written document that addresses the scope and complexity of the hazards at the site and incorporates all of the Safety Management system elements (Management Leadership & Employee Involvement, Worksite Analysis, Hazard Prevention Control, and Safety & Health Training) in your workplace.
What is a written Safety and Occupational Health (SOH) program?
This heart rhythm is the most common during an adult cardiac arrest.
What is ventricular fibrillation?
The same I.C. procedures are used for all patients.
What is the universal precaution?
Upon discovery of a Sentinel Event, this Sentinel Event Report Worksheet must be submitted to the Regional PSO within 24 hours.
What is MEDCOM Form 732?
A harm error reduction strategy that involves monitoring actions of other team members, providing a safety net within the team, ensuring that mistakes or oversights are caught quickly and easily. "Watching each other's back"
The highest level of recognition DoD and DA bestows for outstanding Personal Safety and Health programs. Sites that obtain completion of the three stages of ASHMS.
What is "STAR" status?
This is the amount of epinephrine delivered by an adult Epi-Pen.
What is 0.30 mg?
Sharp containers, rubber dams, needle recapping devices, High-speed suction, retractable scalpels, and heavy duty utility gloves.
What are examples of Engineering Controls?
The world's leading systematic root cause analysis process, training, and software to analyze and fix problem's real root causes.
What is TapRoot Root Cause Analysis?
I PASS the BATON
What is Introduction, Patient, Assessment, Situation, Safety Concerns, Background, Actions, Timing, Ownership, Next?
This is
used to protect workers as well as others from the unexpected energizing or
start-up of machines or equipment or the release of stored energy that could
cause injury. It ensures dangerous machines and equipment are properly shut off
and not started up again prior to completion or maintenance or service work.
What is
Lock-Out/Tag-Out?
This drug can be used to treat an opioid overdose.
What is Naloxone or Narcan?
Required for all NCOICs, Infection Control Officers, and all Sterilization Technicians. Training includes didactic training and 40-hour mandatory supervised hands-on training rotation in the sterilization room by a qualified trainer.
What is the "Technician-level" Certification Training Course?